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Terms of Service

Draft, effective date to be set at publication

This is a working draft, not a final legal document. It's built from your DesignSpark Master ULA and company Terms of Use, adapted for Calling-Now's actual features and pricing. Two things need your attorney's direct attention before this goes live: the liability cap amount in Section 11, and the arbitration clause in Section 14. Everything else is a reasonable starting point, but the whole page should still get a full review.

1. Acceptance of these terms

By downloading, installing, or using Calling-Now, you agree to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the app.

2. What Calling-Now is

Calling-Now is a fully simulated phone call app. No real telephone number is dialed and no real call is placed. An AI agent holds a live, responsive voice conversation with you during the call. The calling and active call screens are designed to look like a genuine call to anyone who glances at your phone.

3. Who can use Calling-Now

You must be at least 13 years old to use Calling-Now. If you're between 13 and 17, you need a parent or guardian's permission to make purchases or start a subscription.

4. Subscriptions, purchases, and billing

  • Free: one contact, one number, basic voices, tap gesture trigger only, no recording.
  • Subscription, Basic: $4.99 a month for 50 minutes.
  • Subscription, Standard: $7.99 a month for 100 minutes.
  • Subscription, Top: $12.99 a month for 200 minutes.
  • One-Time: $25 for 200 minutes, full feature set, no recurring charge.
  • Premium voice add-on: $0.25 a minute, sold in fixed blocks, available on every tier.
  • Minute packs with optional auto-reload, off unless you turn it on.

Purchases made through the Apple App Store or Google Play are billed, renewed, and refunded according to that store's own policies. We don't process those payments directly and can't override a store's refund decision.

5. This is not an emergency service

Calling-Now is not a substitute for calling 911 or your local emergency number. We don't contact police or emergency services on your behalf under any circumstance. The duress feature sends a silent text message and your location directly to a trusted contact you choose, nothing more.

We can't guarantee that alert reaches your trusted contact. Delivery depends on things outside our control: your phone having signal, location services being turned on, your trusted contact's phone being reachable, and the messaging carrier working normally. If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services yourself the moment you're able to.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Calling-Now to impersonate someone for fraud, to harass another person, or to break the law. We can suspend or end your access if we reasonably believe you're using the app that way.

7. Third-party services powering your calls

The live conversation is powered by third-party voice and AI services, including speech recognition, text-to-speech, and language model providers. These vendors process your spoken words and the conversation in real time to make the call work. We don't control their uptime, accuracy, or availability, and a service outage on their end can affect call quality.

8. Our intellectual property

The app, its design, the voice personas, and everything else that makes up Calling-Now belong to us. Using the app doesn't give you any ownership over it.

9. Feedback

If you send us ideas, bug reports, or suggestions, we can use them to improve Calling-Now without owing you anything for it.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

Calling-Now is provided as is. We don't promise the app will be error-free, uninterrupted, or available at all times. We don't promise every trigger method, alert, or recording will work exactly as expected in every situation.

11. Limitation of liability

Our total liability for any claim related to Calling-Now is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or $50. This cap reflects the app's low cost and the repeated, explicit warnings you receive, at signup, in settings, and before any duress phrase or tap gesture change, that Calling-Now does not contact police or emergency services and is not a substitute for calling 911.

12. Indemnification

You agree to cover our reasonable legal costs if a claim arises from your misuse of the app or your violation of these terms.

13. Ending your access

You can stop using Calling-Now at any time. We can suspend or end your access if you violate these terms.

14. Disputes and governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California. [Your Master ULA gives DesignSpark the choice of arbitration or California court for disputes. Confirm with your attorney whether that same approach should carry over to a consumer safety app, since consumer arbitration clauses often need extra protections that a B2B software clause doesn't.]

15. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of Calling-Now after a change means you accept the updated terms.

16. Contact us

Questions about these terms can be sent to support@calling-now.com.